SWAKOPMUND, 19 June 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing youth delegates gathered at the multipurpose centre in Swakopmund for the third National Youth Council of Namibia general assembly which will take place over the weekend and is anticipated to end in an election for the council’s new leadership. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

ACCRA, 18 June 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking at the high-level consultative conference in Accra, Ghana, on the United Nations Resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

OKAKARARA, 17 June 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer of Okakarara Town Council, Ernst Katjiku speaks on Wednesday evening about his exit from the council before end of this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OKAKARARA, 17 June 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer of Okakarara Town Council, Ernst Katjiku speaks on Wednesday evening about his exit from the council before end of this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, gives a speech during an event to mark 70 years of Austria's anti-immigration, far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) in Vienna, Austria, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by TOBIAS STEINMAURER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT

Geert Wilders, leader of the Netherlands' far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), gives a speech during an event to mark 70 years of Austria's anti-immigration, far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) in Vienna, Austria, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by TOBIAS STEINMAURER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT

Pope Leo XIV is pictured during the veneration of the Relics of St Augustine at the Augustinian Basilica of St. Peter in the Golden Sky (Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro) as part of a pastoral visit in Pavia on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Geert Wilders, leader of the Netherlands' far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), gives a speech during an event to mark 70 years of Austria's anti-immigration, far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) in Vienna, Austria, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by TOBIAS STEINMAURER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT

Hungarian former Prime Minister and Fidesz leader Viktor Orban gives a speech during an event to mark 70 years of Austria's anti-immigration, far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) in Vienna, Austria, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by TOBIAS STEINMAURER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT

Pope Leo XIV is pictured during the veneration of the Relics of St Augustine at the Augustinian Basilica of St. Peter in the Golden Sky (Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro) as part of a pastoral visit in Pavia on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV is pictured during the veneration of the Relics of St Augustine at the Augustinian Basilica of St. Peter in the Golden Sky (Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro) as part of a pastoral visit in Pavia on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV is pictured during the veneration of the Relics of St Augustine at the Augustinian Basilica of St. Peter in the Golden Sky (Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro) as part of a pastoral visit in Pavia on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)